Medical illness and positive life change  can crisis lead to personal transformation? 
edited by Crystal L. Park ... [et al.]. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Washington, DC  American Psychological Association  2009. 
 - xv, 261p.  ill.  26 cm. 
 - Decade of behavior .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Overview of theoretical perspectives / Crystal L. Park -- Challenges to assessing positive life change / Howard Tennen & Glenn Affleck -- Example statistical strategy for assessing positive life change among individuals with breast cancer / Charles S. Carver, Suzanne C. Lechner, and Michael H. Antoni -- Benefit finding among children and adolescents with diabetes / Vicki S. Helgeson, Lindsey Lopez, and Constance Mennella -- Lifespan developmental perspectives on stress-related growth / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Michael R. Levenson, and Linda Kelly -- Lessons learned about benefit finding among individuals with cancer or HIV/AIDS / Suzanne C. Lechner and Kathryn E. Weaver -- Illness perceptions and benefit finding among individuals with breast cancer, acoustic neuroma, or heart disease / Keith J. Petrie and Arden Corter -- Positive life change and the social context of illness: an expanded social-cognitive processing model / Stephen J. Lepore and William Kernan -- Biological correlates: how psychological components of benefit finding may lead to physiological benefits / Julienne E. Bower, Elissa Epel, and Judith Tedlie Moskowitz -- Is benefit finding good for individuals with chronic disease? / Sara B. Algoe and Annette L. Stanton -- Enhancing positive adaptation: example intervention during treatment for breast cancer / Michael H. Antoni, Charles S. Carver, and Suzanne C. Lechner -- The clinician as expert companion / Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781433803963 1433803968 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008014268 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sick--Psychology.<br/>Self-actualization (Psychology)<br/>Life change events<br/>Clinical health psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.7  / .M43 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.0019  / M4892 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>BF 637.L53  / M489 2009